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Easiest place I found it is at Cabelas and its $1800 for the 10ft boat and it weighs 60lbs without a motor or oars.

Seems like you could get a really nice kayak, canoe or a used jonboat for the same price, weight and no gimics. Just put your boat in the water and go. To carry around the portabote you still need a truck or the roof of your car so there is no advantage to size or storage. I don't see how it replaces a real boat.

Your money I guess. Its reviews are very positive, so I feel like it must be a good product, I just don't see why you would choose that over something that doesn't require assembly.

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Check out Boats to go dot com. Just bought a 12ft Kaboat from them and its awesome with my 2.5horse TMC outboard. Can`t beat the price either at only $499 for the Kaboat and $470 for the motor I found on e b a y.

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Our family has the 14' model, and I like it. I guess it depends on your situation. We wanted something that the family or a few buddies could pile into and can take a motor, unlike a canoe/kayak. But we had absolutely no room for a regular aluminum/fiberglass. We thought about an inflatable, but then you have to worry about wear and tear, and a bouncy ride. It goes at a pretty good speed with our 5 horse, and can take up to a 9.8 horse I think. Really stable so you can stand and walk arould, and plenty of room. I'd say the only downside is the setup/takedown every time you go. But it's better than nothing. Hope this helps.

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I bought a 10' model last year off [YouNeedAuthorization]. I thought it was a newer model but it ended up being a 1993, so be careful if you are looking to buy a used one. The last two digits of the serial number on the boat will be the year it was made.

I have the older version with the wooden seats, which I believe changed to plastic in the mid to later 90s.

I would definitley recommend the porta-bote. Mine is over 15 years old and is still works great. I weigh 180 and I usually go with one of my buddies who weighs about 215 and we are standing most of the time. I used a 30 Lb thrust trolling motor and it moves pretty well.

I wanted to buy a john boat or something but didn't have the room. I keep it in my garage and it folds up to about 4 inches thick. I strap it to the top of a 97 mazda protege, which is not a very big car and it works really well. I just use a couple foam pads and two come along straps.

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The only real reason to go with a porta-bote would be if you just don't have the room to store a normal boat.

For the same price you could get a square stern canoe and a small motor if you want something you can use to access small lakes with only carry in access. Or if you want a more all around boat you can get a small aluminum boat, trailer and motor off of criagslist for a little over $1000.

I just don't like the idea that the boat I'm sitting in is meant to be folded up at the end of the day. I'd also like to know how it handles rougher water, it seems like any wind over 5-10 mph would make for a rough day. We don't get many days with wind lighter then that.

It seems like summer just got here and already there are signs of it ending. In the north a few maple trees are just starting to show some fall colors. A pair of bucks were seen this week, one still in velvet antlers and the other had already shed. The late summer yellows of tansy, black-eyed Susans and goldenrod speak of shorter days to come.Continued rain showers in the last week, especially across the north, are keeping river systems at higher than normal levels for mid-August. Brown trout fishing continues to pick up on the Bois Brule River. The catfish bite is on on the Wisconsin River in central Wisconsin with anglers landing good number of channel catfish. Some walleye, smallmouth bass, catfish and drum are being caught in the Peshtigo and Menominee rivers. Anglers have had good success on both the Fox and Wolf rivers catching northern pike, walleye, catfish and panfish.On Green Bay, anglers fishing for walleye on the west shore from the mouth of the Pensaukee River to Oconto are finally getting on to fish, while along the east shore success was more mixed with about half the boats reporting harvesting a few walleye while others did not catch any. Anglers targeting smallmouth bass along Door County had success in water ranging from 4 to 20 feet. In Sturgeon Bay perch fishing has been pretty good with some anglers catching their 15 fish bag limit including some larger 12-inch perch.
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